Defense Secretary Vows to Use Thousands of Active-Duty Troops to Secure Border
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed during a visit to the southwestern border on Monday to use thousands of U.S. active-duty troops to help stem migrant crossings, a top priority for President Trump.
Show of force at the border as Secretary of Defense pays an uncommon visit
Pete Hegseth’s motorcade stirred a cloud of dust around dozens of troops and border agents waiting in the desert to greet the new defense secretary. It was his first visit to the U.S-Mexico border and the 30-foot steel border fence loomed tall behind him as he shook hands.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits southern border. Here's the latest.
Amid a flurry of executive orders from the Trump Administration regarding hardline immigration reform, Hegseth's visit serves as a symbol of continued efforts by President Trump to fulfill campaign promises on border security.
Trump names acting defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed
President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.
Pete Hegseth, Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary, wins Senate confirmation
Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.
US Defense Secretary Hegseth to Visit Border on First Trip
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) (not pictured), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.
US Defense Secretary Hegseth visits troops on the US-Mexico border
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the US-Mexico border in New Mexico to meet with US troops and review operations. Watch this report for more details!
Trump is weighing big cuts to US Education Department
While only Congress can shutter the department, the president is reportedly considering executive action to severely scale ...
Live updates: Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada; USAID finds itself under new leadership
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced he's launching his state's own Division of Government Efficiency, a reference to the Musk ...
Transgender Service Members Left in Uncertainty After Trump’s Military Ban
“ [Trump] is saying that being transgender is incompatible with military service. It's the most basic kind of unprincipled ...
How Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and others made it to Trump's Cabinet
As you can see in the charts below, some of Trump's nominees have career paths that would be familiar in any presidential ...
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz puts a hold on Trump's State Department nominees
The move comes after Elon Musk said he and Trump would shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an ...
Guantánamo Bay Prepares for President Trump’s Migrant Surge
About 200 Marines and soldiers arrived over the weekend as the base faces its most drastic changes since the Pentagon opened ...
‘Internally inconsistent’: Trump’s defense of birthright citizenship order ‘impossible to square’ with Constitution and Supreme Court, reply brief says
Plaintiffs challenging Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship on Monday said the DOJ's own argument is ...